Please join us for an engaging discussion of how close interactions with art works and cultural artifacts enhance classroom teaching across the disciplines, where digital presentation is often the norm. If you are in town for College Art Association’s annual conference in New York City, be sure to stay a few days longer and attend this free symposium, open to the public at Columbia University.

Speakers include:

Deborah Cullen, Director and Chief Curator
Wallach Art Gallery, Columbia UniversityThe Object in the Gallery: Teachable Moments in and along the Way

Senta German, Andrew M. Mellon Foundation Teaching Curator
Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology, University of OxfordTeaching and Learning at the First University Museum: The University Engagement Programme of the Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology at the University of Oxford

Piranesi Day 2014

Avery's annual exhibition of prints, drawings, and books by Giovanni Battista Piranesi (1720-1778) was held this year on Thursday, October 2, from 4:00pm-5:30pm. It combined favorites like the rare first and second states of the Carceri series with a selection of highlights of his most important publications. Held in the Wallach Seminar Room, this event was organized to coincide with GSAPP professor Mary McLeod's survey on the History of Architecture.

Architecture & Diplomacy

September 9, 6:00-8:00 pm

Program details
Keynote speakers: Jane Loeffler, Architectural historian, author of "The Architecture of Diplomacy"
Jean-Louis Cohen. Professor of History of Architecture, New York University
Panel moderator: Victoria Phillips, Lecturer in History, Columbia University

Symposium with reception following
East Gallery, Buell Hall
Co-Sponsored by:
Avery Architectural & Fine Arts Library, Temple Hoyne Buell Center for the Study of American Architecture at Columbia University and the Blinken European Institute

Guastavino's Palaces for the People: from archive to exhibition

April 11, 2014 Noon-2:00 PM
Butler Library, rm. 523

The speakers discussed the history of the Guastavino archive, from its last-minute discovery and rescue by Columbia University professor George R. Collins to the creation and design of the exhibition, Palaces for the People.

John Ochsendorf, MIT
The Guastavino Company and the exhibition, Palaces for the People
Janet Parks, Avery Library, Columbia University
The Guastavino Archive: from acquisition to exhibition
Chysanthe Broikos, National Building Museum
Nature of Architectural Exhibitions
Daniel Fouad, C&G Design
Designing for architectural exhibition

"Frank Lloyd Wright and His Taliesin Letters"

On October 8, 2013, Avery Library hosted a lecture by Anthony Alofsin, Roland Roessner Centennial Professor in Architecture, Professor of Art and Art History, The University of Texas at Austin.

Piranesi Day 2013

Avery's annual exhibition of prints, drawings, and books by Giovanni Battista Piranesi (1720-1778) was held this year on Thursday, September 26, from 4:00pm-5:30pm. It combined favorites like the rare first and second states of the Carceri series with a selection of highlights on this year's special theme: infrastructure. Held in the Wallach Seminar Room and in the Drawings and Archives reading room, this event was organized to coincide with GSAPP professor Mary McLeod's survey on the History of Architecture.

Celebrate: Avery Hall at 100 !!!

Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation
Columbia University
November 10, 2012

November 10, 2012 marked the first day of Avery Hall’s second century. Designed by the legendary architecture firm McKim, Mead, and White, Avery Hall is home to the Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation (GSAPP) and the renowned Avery Architectural & Fine Arts Library. Together, the School and the Library support a culture of innovation and discovery of the ever dynamic fields of architectural practice and research. GSAPP and Avery Library hosted a symposium, exhibition and celebratory reception to honor Avery Hall’s storied history with remarks by faculty, scholars and staff who’ve participated in the life of the building throughout its hundred-year history.

Piranesi Day 2012

On Thursday, September 27, Avery Classics hosted its annual Piranesi Day event, a one-day exhibition that celebrates Avery's spectacular collection of works by the architect-etcher Giovanni Battista Piranesi (1720-1778). Held in conjunction with GSAPP professor Mary McLeod's History of Architecture lecture course, Piranesi Day is an opportunity to share highlights from this collection with students, faculty, and staff.

This year's display, which was exhibited in the Wallach Seminar Room and in the Drawings and Archives reading room, included first- and second-state examples from the Carceri series of etchings, presentation drawings of Piranesi's project for San Giovanni in Laterano, the monumental prints of the Columns of Trajan and Marcus Aurelius, and many bound volumes of prints, among other highlights.

Avery Library New Acquisitions Event 2012

This one-night only exhibit featured a selection of highlights acquired this year in each of Avery’s collections: Avery Classics (rare books), Drawings & Archives, Art Properties, and Avery’s research collections in art and architecture.

Avery Library New Acquisitions Event 2011

Amidst treasures from across Avery’s collections, selections from Avery Classics included items from the Herbert Mitchell bequest, early to mid-20th century works on city planning and the modern housing movement in Europe and Latin America, contemporary artist books on architectural subjects, and an extraordinary display of Japanese architecture and design from the interwar period.